allow schools to set monies aside for musical instruments and teaching staff. Charles Jerome Hopkins died on November 4, 1898 of a brain hemorrhage, at Clover Hill. At the time of his death, Hopkins had composed over 1200 musical pieces. His deathbed was attended by his niece, Amy Fay, who took possession of his many letters, manuscripts and musical compositions. Upon her death and that of Fay's daughter, those documents were donated to Harvard University's Houghton Library as a part of the Sylvia Mitarachi Wright Collection, where they can still be accessed. Many more documents are stored at the Cooper Union Archives in New York City, The Episcopal Diocese Office of Burlington Vermont at Rock Point, and at the University of Vermont. This unsung and widely unknown composer was, to his last day, a tireless champion of art and the American identity. References 1836 births 1898 deaths American male composers American people of English descent Musicians from Burlington, Vermont University of Vermont alumni 19th-century American composers 19th-century American male musicians Classical musicians from Vermont